Violet Snyder

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Jun 15, 2007 at 4:03 AM

WOOSTER -- Violet Tena Snyder, 93, of Wooster, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007, after a period of declining health, at Smithville-Western Care Center.A celebration of life memorial service will be Sunday, June 17, at 2 p.m., at McIntire, Davis, & Green Funeral Home in Wooster, with the Rev. David Wilcox of Wooster United Methodist Church officiating.There will be no calling hours.Tena was born March 13, 1914, to Sadie and Rudy Yoder, 223 Spring St., Wooster, and married Ronald Snyder in 1936. He died in 1957.She was a 1932 graduate of Wooster High School and The Wooster College in 1936.During her early years, Tena completed a degree in economics at The College of Wooster. For a time, she and her husband lived in New York City, where he was a member of the Sammy Kaye orchestra. Later they traveled together with the Blue Barron orchestra. Eventually they returned to Wooster, where Tena taught classes and music for Southeast Local District in Wayne County for 36 years, retiring in 1980.Tena was also a life member of Wooster United Methodist Church and participated actively in their many musical programs, in United Methodist Women and Lydia Circle. She also was past president of Book Club, Classics Club and League of Women Voters.In addition to her work as a volunteer in the community over the years, Tena also was well known as an accompanist for the Community Center's Fun and Rhythm Band and chorus, commonly known as the "Elderberries." Her other interests and hobbies included bridge, reading, Elderhostel travel and visiting her daughter, Frances, and son-in-law, Dr. Philip Dunham, and their two daughters, Katy and Beth in their home in Halifax, Nova Scotia.Preceding her in death were Tena's brothers, Marion, Frank, and Maurice Yoder, and a sister, Mabel Wilhelm.

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